Dictionary of Welsh Biography

PUW family, prominent Roman Catholic family Penrhyn Creuddyn, that Robert Puw and his family, and William Davies, the martyr (died 1593), had been hiding in Rhiwledyn cave on the Little Orme for three quarters of a year and, while there, had been engaged in printing Y Drych Cristianogawl. From there, he fled to Lancashire and then to Cowdray, Sussex, the home of lord Montague. At the time of Sir William Stanley's plot he was regarded as one who could be relied
QUARRELL, THOMAS (d. 1709), Puritan preacher, free-communion Baptist Monmouthshire. It is clear from Maurice's account that he was a Baptist, a free-communionist, pastor of the flock, once attended by William Thomas (died 1671) before his death in 1671, with its headquarters at Llantrisant. Quarrell represented this extensive church in the London Assembly of 1689, an assembly open to all Baptists, 'free' as well as 'close.' He died in 1709.
RANDALL, HENRY JOHN (1877 - 1964), lawyer and historian Born 13 December 1877, at Bridgend, Glamorganshire, son of William Richard Randall, a solicitor of that town, and his wife, Hannah (née Johnston). He was educated at Bradfield and was LL.B. (Lond.). He followed his father's profession and was admitted a solicitor in 1900, retiring from practice in 1962. He was secretary of the Bridgend District Law Society 1911-21; its president in 1928 and again
RATHBONE, WILLIAM (1819 - 1902), philanthropist His career is sketched in D.N.B. Second Supplement, and there is a biography (1905) by his daughter Eleanor Frances Rathbone. He was born 11 February 1819, of a Liverpool family whose eldest sons for six consecutive generations were named ' William ' - as many as four of these figure in D.N.B. The family was originally Quaker, but in later times became Unitarian; very prosperous in business, the
RAVENSCROFT family Ravenscroft, P. Fadog, iii, 181). Robert's son was colonel THOMAS RAVENSCROFT, who acquired some notoriety in the Civil War. Though his wife was a daughter of that zealous Royalist William Salusbury of Rug, he sided with the Parliamentarians, and in November 1643 handed over to them the castle of Hawarden - ' betrayed by one Ravenscroft ', as archbishob John Williams scornfully describes the surrender (J. R
RECORDE, ROBERT (c. 1512 - 1558), mathematician and physician Tower. Late in 1548 Recorde was tasked by the government with overseeing the Pentyrch iron works near Cardiff, then in January 1549 he was made comptroller of Durham House mint in the Strand. Shortly afterwards he was given the same position at the Bristol mint, under Thomas Chamberlain, when the previous under treasurer William Sharington was arrested and imprisoned for corruption and false
REES family Ton In 1771 RICE REES married one of the daughters of the Rev. William Jenkins of Pen-y-waun in the parish of Llanfair-ar-y-bryn. Rice died 2 March 1826. Of his six children, two sons and one daughter may be mentioned: (1) William Jenkins Rees (1772 - 1855) - see the article on him. (2) DAVID RICE REES (1787 - 1856), born at Llandovery, 6 August 1787; he was a shop assistant in various places in
REES, ALAN WILLIAM (1941 - 2005), Benedictine monk and musician
REES, HENRY (1798 - 1869), most famous minister among the Calvinistic Methodists in his day Born 15 February 1798 at Chwibren Isaf, Llansannan, Denbighshire, eldest son of David and Ann Rees; a younger brother was William Rees (Gwilym Hiraethog). He attended school at Llansannan for three years, and was in service at Syrior Farm, which belonged to Thomas Jones (1756 - 1820), Denbigh. He visited Bala in 1814 to seek the Geiriadur Ysgrythyrol from Thomas Charles, and met John Elias in
REES, JAMES (1803 - 1880), printer and publisher Born at Carmarthen, 1803. After spending some years in London, he moved to Caernarvon about 1831, where he was employed as foreman with William Potter and Co. After Potter retired, Rees succeeded him about the year 1840. In addition to publishing the Caernarvon and Denbigh Herald, he started the Herald Cymraeg in 1854 as a penny newspaper (with James Evans as its editor) and was responsible for
REES, JOHN (1770 - 1833), Calvinistic Methodist minister Born 20 April 1770 at Carmarthen. As a young man he went to England to work and was converted as a result of hearing William Huntington preach in Providence chapel, London. In 1791 he went to Bristol and began to preach in one of the countess of Huntington's chapels. In 1796 he returned to Carmarthen where he joined the Methodists. In 1808 he went to London to minister to the Welsh at Wilderness
REES, Sir JOHN MILSOM (1866 - 1952), surgeon and laryngologist education, and died there 25 April 1952. He married Eleanor, daughter of William P. Jones of Finchley, chairman of Jones Brothers, Holloway and of John Barnes, Ltd., in 1894, and they had a son and a daughter.

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